Executive DirectorMillennium Campus Network
Sam Vaghar is a social entrepreneur committed to helping young people own their voice and power to make a difference. With over a decade of impact co-founding and leading Millennium Campus Network (MCN), Sam has helped launch the Millennium Fellowship: a student movement for the UN Sustainable Development Goals in 20 nations. Sam has given talks at over 100 institutions worldwide, including at Harvard University, MIT, the White House, the United Nations, the Vatican, and on speaking tours across four nations for the U.S. Department of State. In addition, Sam serves on multiple Boards, including serving as an Advisor to the Executive Director of UN Women.
Sam is a 2008 graduate of Brandeis University, received an Honorary Doctorate from Becker College in 2018, and received an Honorary Doctorate and served as Commencement Speaker at Monmouth College in 2020. This February Sam was named the inaugural Global Community Engagement Fellow of Northeastern University’s Social Impact Lab. Sam is pursuing a Master in Public Administration Degree at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he has also been selected as a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership for the 2020-2021 academic year.
See more on Sam at https://www.mcnpartners.org/sam-vaghar and on social media @samvaghar. See more on the Millennium Fellowship at https://www.millenniumfellows.org/.